Envelope



H. HEADING.

ENVEL-OPE.

APPLICATION man APR. 1s, 1921.

1,42 1,227 Patented June 27, 1922.

INVENTOR WITNESS ATTORNEY Ffisi? @FHQEN` HARRY HEADING, 0F EANGING ROCK,OIIIO.

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Be it known that I, HARRY I-IEADING, a citizen of the United States,residing at Hanging' Rock. in the county of Lawrence and State of Ohio,have invented new and useful Improvements in Envelopes, of which thefollowing is a specification.

rhis invention relates to stationery, particularly to envelopes, and hasfor its object the provision of an envelope provided with means wherebyit may be opened easily and without the employment of a letter opener orother implement.

An important and more specific object is the provision of an envelopewithin one end of which is secured a Wire or other flexible member sothat when one corner is torn oif the envelope the entire end will beopened.

An additional object is the provision of an envelope of this characterwhich wil-l be simple and inexpensive in manufacture, highly efiioientin use, durable in service, and a general improvement in the art.

With the above and other objects and advantages in view, the inventionconsists in the details of construction to be hereinafter more fullydescribed and claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings inwhich- Figure 1 is an elevation of an envelope constructed in accordancewith my invention with the tearing wire shown in dotted lines,

Figure 2 is a cross sectional view through the end of the envelopeequipped with the wire,

Figure 3 is a detail sectional view at right angles to Figure 2,

Figure 4 1s a perspective view of one of the metallic members prior toits insertion within the envelope, and

Figure 5 is a view of the blank from which the metallic member isformed.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the letter A designates anenvelope of ordinary construction. In carrying out my invention Iprovide a metallic member 10 disposed in the opposite corners at one endof the envelope and this metallic member is formed from a single sheetof metal 11 having its ends cut to provide tongues 12 and 13, 12 beingthe central tongues. This blank is bent transversely to provide a bightportion 14 and the outer tongues 13 are bent to extend at right anglesto the body, as

Specification of Letters Patenti. Panted June 27, 19,22.

Application filed April 18, 1921.

Serial No. 462,189.

clearly shown in Figure 4. The numeral 15 designates the tearing oropening wire which has its ends bent around the bight portions 14 of themetallic members and it is of course apparent that the length of thiswire must depend upon the width of the envelope.

In applying my invention to an envelope the metallic members areinserted in one end of the envelope and the tongues 13 are pressedthrough both sides of the envelope and are subsequently mashed flat, asshown in Figures 1 and 3. This will of course hold the parts in properposition. It may be desired, and in fact is preferable, to provide alegend on one corner of the envelope adjacent one metallic member, thelegend reading Pull here with thumb and finger. It is of course apparentthat some other similar direction might be printed upon the en` velopeif preferred.

In order to open an envelope constructed in accordance with my inventionit is merely necessary that the operator grasp one corner of theenvelope with his thumb and forenger engaging opposite sides of themetallic member and then pull. This will result in tearing off onecorner7 including the metallic member, and a continued pull will causethe wire 15 to tear open the entire end of the envelope.

From the foregoing description and a study of the drawings it will beapparent' that I have thus provided a simply constructed andconsequently inexpensive envelope which may be very quickly and easilyopened without danger of tearing the contents.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of myinvention it is of course to be understood that I reserve the right tomake such changes in the form, construction and arrangement of parts aswill not depart from the spirit of the invention or the scope of thesubjoined claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. In an envelope, opening means comprising a pair of metallic membersdisposed within and having penetrating engagement with the envelope atopposite corners of one end thereof, and a wire member disposed withinsaid end and having its ends connected with said metallic members.

2. In an envelope, opening means comprissaid metallic members beingdisposed With- A in the corners at one end of the envelope With saidright engularly extending tongues passed through the envelope andsubsequently mashed down, und a Wire member hevng its endseonfneted Withthe bent portions of said metallic members.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

HARRY HEADING.

